By Anonymous The first UK village to feature five types of renewable energy has moved closer with an outline application set to be submitted to Wear Valley District Council.

By Neil McKay PLANS to close a rural ambulance station will cost lives, worried locals fear. They say that when ambulances are diverted miles away from Weardale in County Durham it leaves locals in isolated communities at risk.

VOLUNTEERS helped to tidy up a railway station yes

TWO fire crews from Durham tackled a blaze in portable toilets outside Wolsingham railway station at 4.40am yesterday. (c) 2007 The Journal - Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

By Neil McKay IT is full steam ahead - almost - for a tourist railway which has suffered a pretty gruelling journey of its own. The group behind Weardale Railway in County Durham planned to launch its Back on Track summer campaign yesterday with a borrowed steam train.